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09.11.2010 12:23
Visit to the biggest UNICEF logistics centre
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Ramon Canela, vice president of the Foundation, has visited Unicef’s biggest logistics centre in Copenhagen. He was there to improve the links and contacts with this division of the United Nations agency.
He specifically visited the Unicef Supplies Division in the Danish capital, where he was welcomed by its director, Shanelle Hall, and her staff. This centre supplies the world with education, health, leisure and other materials that are needed on the agency’s different charity programmes.
Promoting Barça
Canela wanted to improve
ties with this centre, which works with 156 offices in the country, which share common values with
FC Barcelona. “The best favour we can do to the Barça brand is to associate it to names like
Unicef, who do so much to help children” he said.
From Copenhagen to the world
While he was there, Canela was shown around the warehouse, which is as big as 3 football
pitches. All of the items are sent to the field are stored here, such as the so-called
‘School-in-a-box’, which contains education material for a class of 40 pupils and
obstetric sets, all kinds of elements for helping women to give birth in dignified and hygienic
conditions. “The centre’s work is perfect, it is so orderly, cared for. Unicef is an
entity we can trust”, commented Canela.
Photo: Yvonne Thoby / UNICEF
Emergency responses
UNICEF acquires and supplies a wide range of products to support projects in developing countries
and to provide emergency humanitarian aid. Last year, UNICEF sent items to 137 countries. The
UNICEF supplies division bases its work on two main areas: ensuring the availability of products
for quality infancy and a good global price, and guaranteeing that these essential products for
survival and development get to the right children in the right places.
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